Please join us at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina on October 27th-30th for the 2025 SCLA Annual Conference and Pre-Conference. This year's theme "The Power of Us: Libraries in Action" is a celebration of libraries as dynamic powerhouses of community engagement, learning innovation, and social change. 

Please click here to visit the conference website for additional information and to download the conference app.

SCLA Members

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Non-SCLA Members

Keynote Speakers & Special Events

Pre-Conference Film Screening and Talkback

Monday, October 27th, 2025

Join us for a special screening and talkback with Rodney Freeman Producer and Director of Are You a Librarian?: Black Librarians and Freedom through Literacy. The forthcoming documentary delves into the rich and often overlooked history of Black librarianship in the United States. 

Location: 

The Nick
1607 Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina, 29201

Time:

6:30 PM

The SCLA Conference Planning Committee would like to thank The Nick for serving as our special sponsor for this important event! Tickets will be on our conference website soon! 

General Session with Lisa Varga

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025

Lisa Varga is a 2024 Library Journal Librarian of the Year and a dynamic voice in library advocacy who will inspire and equip you for the challenges ahead.

Special Film Screening and Town Hall

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025

Join us for an exclusive showing of The Librarians from Oscar-nominated, Peabody Award-winning director Kim A. Snyder. This powerful film follows librarians as they become unlikely defenders of First Amendment rights during an unprecedented wave of book banning. 

Plus: Meet the Heroes: A special Q&A with one of the remarkable librarians featured in the film! 

General Session with Jason Broughton

Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Jason Broughton is the Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), Library of Congress.  

Call for Poster Session Proposals

 The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session is an opportunity to share your strengths and successes visually and in face-to-face discussions with your colleagues. Your poster session may focus on an innovative idea, creative program, effective partnership, hands-on activity, exploration of a topics in librarianship, results form research or surveys, or anything else you've been working on that you would like to share. 

The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session will be held on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 from 12:00 PM-2:00 PM.. 

The deadline for submitting completed proposals is Sunday, September 7, 2025. The primary contact will be notified of acceptance by Friday, September 12, 2025. 

Accepted presenters should register for the conference by Monday, October 6, 2025.

The 2025 Poster Session Guidelines are available here, and the judging rubric is here. 

Please submit your proposal using this form. 

For any questions, please contact: 

Karen Burton, Science Librarian at Clemson University [email protected]  

If you are interested in being more involved in advocacy, consider joining the:

• SCLA Advocacy Committee by emailing [email protected]
• SCASL Legislative Committee by emailing [email protected]

Institutional Membership Is Here!

Call for Poster Session Proposals 

We are excited to announce our new opportunity for institutional membership! At any level, this membership will provide the full benefits of SCLA for your library’s entire staff (full-time and part-time). These benefits include access to resources and professional development that may have been inaccessible in the past due to costs or job function along with the convenience of paying for all staff memberships in a single transaction. 

To learn more, view this flier: SCLA Institutional Membership.

Support for You and Your Library

Your membership supports SCLA’s aggressive and productive efforts in the state and nationally to assure that South Carolina’s libraries are well-funded and maintain their national standing as the very best. 

We are a state chapter of the American Library Association (ALA) and an affiliate of the Southeastern Library Association (SELA).  The association is made of librarians from all around our state South Carolina dedicated to providing innovative services and promoting libraries and intellectual freedom to all our citizens including the public, as well as those in higher education and in our schools.

The Benefits of Membership

• Support for you and your library
• Grow your career and skills
• Stay informed
• Opportunities for involvement and networking
• Access to services for you, your library, and your community